Crews is a former football player who went into acting in the 1990s and is currently appearing in the Fox sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine. He is married with five children.

Crews said Weinstein was not the man who had allegedly assaulted him.

The executive in question “knows who he is”, he said, and had apologised for his behaviour. But Crews appeared not to discount future action against him, saying “sumtimes Uhav2 wait & compare notes w/ others who’ve been victimized in order 2gain a position of strength”.

Crews began his thread of 16 tweets by saying the “thing with Harvey Weinstein is giving me PTSD” (post-traumatic stress disorder):